NameGreenberry Myers
Birthabt 1858, Bath Co., Kentucky
FatherJoseph Myers (~1795-1875)
MotherMary “Polly” Bohannon (1831->1900)
Marriage5 Feb 1916, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseMary Ellen Sorrell, 2C3R
Birth2 Feb 1867, Bath Co., Kentucky
Death5 Jul 1951, Bath Co., Kentucky
FatherHarrison Sorrell (~1831-1912)
MotherPhebe Sorrell (~1835-<1900)
Other spousesJames F. Highley
Children
1 MStanley O. [Highley] Myers (Adopted), 3C2R
Birth13 Feb 1913, Bath Co., Kentucky
Death6 Oct 2000, Gainesville, Alachua Co., Florida
Notes for Mary Ellen Sorrell
Her death certificate records Mary Ellen Myres, age 84 years 5 months 3 days, born 2 Feb 1867 in Kentucky, died 5 July 1951 in Salt Lick, Bath Co., Ky, widowed, father Harry Sorrell, mother’s maiden name unknown, informant Mr. Stanley Myers, cause of death bronchial pneumonia, contributory cause broken hip, informant Stanley Myers, burial in Hedricks Cem, Salt Lick, Ky.
Notes for Greenberry & Mary Ellen (Family)
Rowan Co., Ky marriage book 9, p. 178, records license issued on 5 Feb 1916 for G. B. Myers, age 57, farmer, son of Joseph & Mary Myers, to Mary E. Highley, age 50, daughter of Harry & Pheobe Sorrell, both widowed, both born in and residents of Bath Co., Ky. (This book does not include the ministers’ returns.)
Census
1920 census of Bath Co., Ky, White Sulphur precinct, enumerated 7 Jan, lists on p. 2A as family #34:
Myers, Green B., 61, farmer; Mary E., wife, 53; Highley, Stanley, stepgrandson, 6. All born Ky Ky Ky.

1930 census of Bath Co., Ky, Salt Lick precinct, enumerated 2 April, lists on p. 1A as family #2:
Myers, Mary E., 63, widowed, age at first marriage 16; Stanly, grandson, 17, manager of general farm.

The preceding household is headed by Stanley’s father Wildy Highley and his second wife Myrtle.
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